Academics and policy makers gather in Boulder, Colorado to debate the future of Internet regulation. When it comes to network neutrality, some want rules now, but Verizon’s CTO and others argue that government should focus on “real” problems, not crazy hypotheticals.Some network neutrality advocates fuel their brains with wild-eyed worries: ISPs slashing access to Web sites and applications with the abandon of Huns sweeping down from the steppes. Those in the ISP community tend to see these as mere fever dreams, dystopian visions that have little correspondence to reality.Dick Lynch, Verizon’s CTO, summed up the latter attitude rather diplomatically this week. When talking about network management rules, let’s keep our eyes on “real needs,” he said Monday morning.
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The future of the Internet is… regulation?
Academics and policy makers gather in Boulder, Colorado to debate the future of Internet regulation. When it comes to network neutrality, some want rules now, but Verizon’s CTO and others argue that government should focus on “real” problems, not crazy hypotheticals.